Happy Bastard

A much more lighthearted riff on the classic tropical cocktail "Suffering Bastard" from bartender Fanny Chu.

Ingredients:

• ½ oz Fiery Ginger Syrup
• ½ oz lemon juice
• 1 oz gin
• ¾ oz brandy
• ¼ oz elderflower liqueur
• 1 ½ oz Fever-Tree Cucumber Tonic

Instructions:

• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker
• Add ice and shake hard for 20 seconds
• Strain into a highball glass with fresh ice
• Top with Fever-Tree Cucumber Tonic

Glass:

• highball
  

Garnish:

• lemon wheel
  

Photo:

Caer Maiko Ferguson